Improvement in machine for making nets



B. ARNOLD. MACHINE POR MAKING NETS.

Patented Jan. 4, 1870.

distinti tstes ,strut @twine BENJAMN ARNOLD, 0F EAST GREENWICH. RHODE lSLAND.

Letters Patent No. 98,461, dated Januar/y 4, 187'0.Y

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHNE FOR MAKING- NETS.

'l'he Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern: I

Beit known that I, BENJAMIN ARNOLD, of East Greenwich, in the county ot' Kent, and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Machine for Making Nets and Netting; and 1 do-l hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and correct' description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, and to the letters of 'refer-' o', on which the cams d G a, turn.

t is a bevel-gear, fastened to the cam-d, and which gears into bevel-gear tu, on the driving-shaft l, on the outer end of which a crank, pulley, or foot-treadle may be pnt to drive the machine.

F is a leed-wheel, which holds and presents the knots and meshes iu proper shape to form the knot.

The knots of the lastrow of meshes are put on the prongs of this wheel in succession, while the wheel is standing still for the shuttle and levers to operate, and the wheel is turned at proper intervals by the lever o, which is moved by a pin, n, in the underside of bevelwheel t. This lever o operates the catch-slide'p, which catches into the notches o, on the back of the feedwheel F.

' Fig. 6 shows the position of the net and levers when beginning a knot. h is the knot last tied, and the feed-wheel l" has moved one-interval to the left, while the levers EA D have moved to the centre over the shuttle f. The lever E, to the left, catches the twine m. between the last knot, and the shuttle f draws it to the left and iut-o the hook on the end of lever D, which then -draws back to the right, as in fig. 7, which shows it ready for the first passage of the shuttle f, which passes up between the twine m and the loop e, making aturn or half-hitch around the hook on the end vof the lever D, which then moves to the front, bringing the half-hitch over the prong t' of the feed-wheel F, as seen in iig. 8. The lever G comes forward and catches theloop e, and draws it through the half-hitch, iig. 8. Then the shuttle passes down on the other side of twine m, between it and the loop e. Then the lever D moves toward the lever G, (see iig. 9,) and the lever E moves hack to left far enough to draw up the knot, and then comes in to the centre, over the shuttle, to catch the side of the mesh as the feedwheel brings it'over toward the left, which brings us around to the position shown in fig. 6, again to begin a new knot.` A

Between the lever E and the cam O, from which its motion is derived, is placed a branch lever, H, which has a slot'in one arm which receives the pin 1, in lever E, which has several holes in it by which the size of the mesh is regulated; that is, puttingthe pin 1 in different holes, gives more or less motion to the lever E, and draws ont more or less twine before the knot is made.

Gam d moves the lever J up and down, bymeans of a groove Vin-its periphery, inwhich a friction-roll works.

Lever J moves lever I, by a short connection, i, and lever I is attached to the shuttle-carriage Z.

The lever D is moved by cam a, and is governed in its motion by the slotted plate c, by a pin in'the level', which moves in the slot in the plate.

Lever G is moved in one'direction by a pin, s, on

cam a, and is moved back by a spring, j, which draws it as far as the loop caught on its hook will let it, according to size of' mesh being made.

Lever o, that moves the feed-wheel F, is moved by a pin in under side of gear-wheel t, and, rlike levers D aud-H, is held up to the cam by a spring; but these levers may be moved like lever with a frictionlroll in a groove, and the'springs dispensed with.

A pulley, y, on the driving-shaft l, drives'the shut tle ller, which consists of a tube, 2, turning in bearings, 3 3, near one end. 0n the other end of the tube is a head, 4, which is about the diameter of the shuttle, and just fills the shuttle inside, and the head 4has an opening, 6, through it. The twine s is brought in through the tube, (see g. 5,) and out at the opening 5, then throngh'a hole, 6, in the head, and is coiled in the shuttle by the rota-tory motion of the head against the bottom of the shuttle, or against the twine in the shuttle.

7 is a presser, to hold the shuttle up against the head, the spring 8 giving the necessary pressure. As the shuttle shuttle-and presser 7 bac-k, but when full enough, the wire 9, connecting the presser and the knee-lever l0, tips that lever and releases the belt-lever c', so that the spring o' pushes it backand casts ofi' the belt on to the loose pulley. This is to enable the operator to fill a spare shuttle while running the machine, and not be obliged to watch to see when stop the filler.

. lhe operation is as follows:

Motion being given to the shaft l, the bevel-gear w drives the cams by the bevel-gear t fastened to them.

0am d moves the lever J 'up and down by means of a' fills up, the accumulated twine presses the the shuttle is full, to

friction-roll, o', on it, which runs in a groove, e', in the v cam. Lever J moves the shuttle np'and down by means of the carriage z and lever I. Cam a moves vthe leverD,wl1ich is guided in its motion by a. slot in the plate c, in which the pin e slides. .Gam O moves the levers H 4and E. A pin in the lower side of cam l moves the feedflevei` which moves the wheel F,'

-2. The combination of the shuttle with the levers D E G, as herein described, and for-fthe purpose set fort-11.

3. -The arrongementof theshuttle, cam d, and cams C and u, substantially as specified, and for the purpose set forth;

4. Tliecombinntion of 'the lever H and lever E, for hepurpose of regulating the size of the mesh, as set ort i.

I5.A The rotating tube, provided with a 4perforated head, for layingV the twine or thread in the shuttle,

.substantially as set forth.

46. The combination of the shuttle-filler, substam tally as described, with the ynettingmaehine herein set foxth.

BENJAMIN ARNOLD. Witnesses:

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SAML. A.'ARNOLD. 

